William Moskal

Growth should work for residents, not just developers. We need better roads, stronger storm protection, clean water, and responsible planning that preserves our quality of life

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"Lower the cost of living by focusing on homeowners' insurance reform, stronger oversight of insurance companies..."

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Make District 80 affordable again for working families and seniors. Lower the cost of living by focusing on homeowners' insurance reform, stronger oversight of insurance companies, more housing options for working families and teachers, and assistance for seniors on fixed incomes.

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Hurricane Ian killed 152 people in District 80 in September 2022, wiped out large portions of Fort Myers Beach and Pine Island, and cut Sanibel off from the mainland for weeks. The rebuilding has been slow and uneven, and in places it has been pushed toward higher-density redevelopment that leaves the same barrier islands more exposed to the next storm, not less. Water quality and storm resilience trace back to the same failure: development pressure that outpaces infrastructure investment, paired with a state that has repeatedly overridden the ability of local communities to protect what they have.

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District 80 is built around water, and that same water has become harder to swim in, less reliable as an ecosystem, and less dependable as the foundation of a coastal economy. Blue-green algae blooms have become a recurring summer emergency on the Caloosahatchee, driven by Lake Okeechobee discharges, agricultural runoff from the upper watershed, and the rapid urbanization of District 80 itself. In 2024 alone, the Florida Department of Health issued multiple health alerts for algae toxins at access points from Alva to Cape Coral. These blooms close the water to residents, kill fish and wildlife, and signal a nutrient load the river cannot absorb.

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Bring down the cost of coverage and prescriptions. Your insurance company should not be practicing medicine from behind a computer screen. If we are serious about lower healthcare costs, we must follow the money.

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Floridians have the right to know where their healthcare premiums and dollars are going. You should be able to see how much goes to medical care, how much to administration, executive compensation, marketing and profits including oversite of insurers.

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District 80 has one of the largest retiree populations in Southwest Florida, and those residents are being pressed from every direction at once. Federal insurance subsidies are shrinking, which drives up the cost of coverage for people who buy their own. More of the cost of Medicaid is being shifted onto the state, which puts pressure on the services that vulnerable patients, nursing home residents, and people with disabilities depend on. Prescription drug costs keep climbing. Elder care options are thinning and working families who are still years from Medicare are getting priced out of basic coverage entirely.

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Bill’s position is direct: Tallahassee has a responsibility to protect the health and welfare of its residents, but it has not lived up to it. Medicaid serves a uniquely vulnerable population, and the state has a duty to make sure the money that flows from the federal government reaches the counties and facilities responsible for patient care, and that the entities providing that care are held to the standards they are supposed to meet. When the state treats health care as a place to cut rather than a promise to keep, the people who paid into these systems their entire working lives are the ones who pay again.

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People who worked their whole lives to own a home should not be forced out of it by the combined weight of insurance premiums, drug costs, and care they can no longer afford. For seniors on fixed incomes, these are not separate problems. They are the same problem, arriving in the same mailbox, in the same month.

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"Lower the cost of living by focusing on homeowners' insurance reform, stronger oversight of insurance companies..."

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Make District 80 affordable again for working families and seniors. Lower the cost of living by focusing on homeowners' insurance reform, stronger oversight of insurance companies, more housing options for working families and teachers, and assistance for seniors on fixed incomes.

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District 80 voters have the opportunity to have real input into how development and infrastructure happen here. As your representative in Tallahassee, I will make sure residents have a voice that influences traffic circulation, environmental preservation, architectural standards, stormwater protections, and comprehensive planning. To date, the incumbent has not been willing or able to ensure District 80 voters have ownership in the development process. I will.

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Manage growth and protect District 80's quality of life. Push for smart infrastructure planning that keeps roads, schools, water systems, and storm protection ahead of development, not chasing it. Growth should preserve the quality of life that brought people here.

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District 80 is built around water, and that same water has become harder to swim in, less reliable as an ecosystem, and less dependable as the foundation of a coastal economy. Blue-green algae blooms have become a recurring summer emergency on the Caloosahatchee, driven by Lake Okeechobee discharges, agricultural runoff from the upper watershed, and the rapid urbanization of District 80 itself. In 2024 alone, the Florida Department of Health issued multiple health alerts for algae toxins at access points from Alva to Cape Coral. These blooms close the water to residents, kill fish and wildlife, and signal a nutrient load the river cannot absorb.

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Hold Tallahassee accountable when it puts politics ahead of local needs. Make sure the state recognizes that affordable housing, insurance reform, and fair taxes are essential to sustaining our community, and that District 80 residents, not special interests, set the priorities.

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Protect the care seniors already earned. Defend Medicaid funding at the state level so the dollars that flow from Washington actually reach the counties, nursing homes, and facilities responsible for patient care. Hold care providers to real standards, and make sure the state does not balance its budget on the backs of the people least able to absorb it.

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District 80 has one of the largest retiree populations in Southwest Florida, and those residents are being pressed from every direction at once. Federal insurance subsidies are shrinking, which drives up the cost of coverage for people who buy their own. More of the cost of Medicaid is being shifted onto the state, which puts pressure on the services that vulnerable patients, nursing home residents, and people with disabilities depend on. Prescription drug costs keep climbing. Elder care options are thinning and working families who are still years from Medicare are getting priced out of basic coverage entirely.

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Bill’s position is direct: Tallahassee has a responsibility to protect the health and welfare of its residents, but it has not lived up to it. Medicaid serves a uniquely vulnerable population, and the state has a duty to make sure the money that flows from the federal government reaches the counties and facilities responsible for patient care, and that the entities providing that care are held to the standards they are supposed to meet. When the state treats health care as a place to cut rather than a promise to keep, the people who paid into these systems their entire working lives are the ones who pay again.

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People who worked their whole lives to own a home should not be forced out of it by the combined weight of insurance premiums, drug costs, and care they can no longer afford. For seniors on fixed incomes, these are not separate problems. They are the same problem, arriving in the same mailbox, in the same month.

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